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[H.R. 6011 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 346
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6011

                      [Report No. 118-420, Part I]

     To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-
   way applications under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
   Management Act of 1976 and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 2023

  Mr. Valadao (for himself and Mr. Newhouse) introduced the following 
                                  bill

                            October 25, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

                             March 12, 2024

   Additional sponsors: Mr. McClintock, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Meuser, Mr. 
                         Duncan, and Mr. Gosar

                             March 12, 2024

   Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             March 12, 2024

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
    Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 
                               20, 2023]


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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-
   way applications under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
   Management Act of 1976 and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Right-Of-Way Application 
Transparency and Accountability Act'' or the ``ROWATA Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION REGARDING RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

    (a) Notice.--Not later than 90 days after the Secretary concerned 
receives an application to grant a right-of-way, the Secretary 
concerned shall--
            (1) notify the applicant as to whether the application is 
        complete; or
            (2) notify the applicant that information is missing and 
        specify any information that is required to be submitted for 
        the application to be complete.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Right-of-way.--The term ``right-of-way'' means--
                    (A) a right-of-way issued, granted, or renewed 
                under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
                Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761); or
                    (B) a right-of-way granted under section 28 of the 
                Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185).
            (2) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) with respect to public lands, the Secretary of 
                the Interior; and
                    (B) with respect to National Forest System lands, 
                the Secretary of Agriculture.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 346

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6011

                      [Report No. 118-420, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-
   way applications under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
   Management Act of 1976 and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 12, 2024

   Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment

                             March 12, 2024

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
    Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed